CPSP, WPIC, UPMC

Center for Public Service Psychiatry

2009-2010

Fellowship in Public Service Psychiatry

Mission and Goals

Community Psychiatry in Western Pennsylvania

Who's who in the CPSP

CPSP 2nd Annual Conference:

"Fostering Service Integration: The Role of Culture, Trauma and Spirituality"

Brochure and Registration Form

CPSP Newsletter Spring 2009

Wesley E. Sowers, M.D.
Director
Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry

University of Pittsburgh
Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic
3811 O'Hara Street, Webster hall 160
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15213

412-647-6264

sowerswe@upmc.edu

Robert Marin, M.D.
Associate Director
Associate Professor of Psychiatry

University of Pittsburgh
Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic
Medical Director, Hill Satellite Center
3811 O’Hara Street, Webster Hall 160
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15213

412-647-6264

marinr@upmc.edu

Mission and Goals

The mission of the Center is to enhance the development and practice of Public Service Psychiatry by providing leadership, collaboration, education and community based research.

The Center offers an outstanding fellowship in Public Service Psychiatry. The fellowship is a one-year post-residency opportunity. Two positions are available each year. The Fellowship will enable the fellows to acquire the skills and knowledge needed to assume positions of leadership in diverse systems of care.

The Center will also enhance Public Service Psychiatry education offered to medical students, psychiatry residents, fellows, primary care physicians, and other provider specialties.

The Center will foster partnerships with rural and urban communities throughout the region and will strengthen the quality of services and their responsiveness to the community’s needs. It will emphasize service development based on public health principles, diversity, and inclusiveness These principles will be evaluated with systematic input from consumers and family members.

The advanced training in leadership, collaboration, and system dynamics will equip fellows to make essential contributions to service administration and behavioral health policy across the nation.

Community Psychiatry in Western Pennsylvania

The rich tradition of community psychiatry in the City of Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania dates back to the Community Mental Health Centers Act of 1963. At that time our Department was led by the late Jack Wolford, MD, one of the icons of community psychiatry in this country. He served as the voice of public psychiatry throughout the latter part of the 20th century.

That tradition continues. The core faculty of the Center has a wealth of experience providing care to diverse populations in a variety of community and public sector settings. Several faculty members have had prominent roles in planning system transformation efforts at the County, State, and Federal levels of administration. There are also strong ties to professional and advocacy organizations such as the American Association of Community Psychiatrists and the Pennsylvania Psychiatric Leadership Council.

The reduction in the use of segregated and restrictive residential settings has been part of the region’s culture for some time, and will culminate over the next two years with the closing of the state hospital that has served this region. This event will offer a unique opportunity for fellows to participate in planning comprehensive community based mental health and substance use services. This will be accomplished in collaboration with leaders of the Office of Mental Health Services and Substance Abuse Services and several county MHMR programs.

Fellowship in Public Service Psychiatry

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